Designers of mil-aero software radio boards must ensure outstanding signal quality and reliability across a diverse range of harsh operating environments. Size constraints and high component density require clever solutions for thermal management, shielding, filtering, noise reduction, power dissipation, and mechanical layout. Designers deal with these challenges using strategies developed only by tackling each issue, often through trial and error.

An air-cooled XMC module uses a highly-effective nickel-plated copper band to pull heat from a large FPGA on the underside
of the board into an aluminum finned heat sink sitting in the airflow.

Pentek's Signal Analyzer is a full-featured analysis tool that continuously displays live signals in both time and frequency domains. The signal analyzer is available with all SPARK development systems.

The Model 8266 resolves the typical hardware and software compatibility obstacles inherent in new PC development platforms. All hardware is installed in appropriate slots with proper cabling, power and cooling strategies, and optimized BIOS.